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H. RICHTER.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED JANZ'I, 1910.

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EEEHEEEEEE HERMAN RICHTER, OF TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application filed January 27, 1910. Serial No. 540,299.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMAN RICHTER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Tacoma, in the county of Pierce and State oflVashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements. in Cars,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawing.

This invent-ion relates to railroad cars and has for its object to makethe car safer to travel in.

My invention makes the car stronger, prevents the splintering of theparts from the framework of the car and protects the car from the trucksin case of. an accident to the train.

I attain these objects by the devices and arrangements illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in whichv Figure 1 is a cross-section of anyimproved car; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, a portion of thebody of the car being broken away to reveal the interior thereof.

Similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

My invention applies equally well to old cars constructed in the usualmanner and to which my protecting arrangements are attached, as it doesto new cars. Broadly speaking, it consists of lining the interior of thewooden walls and the floor of the car with sheet galvanized iron;protecting the outside of the walls and the lower side of the frame orbed of the car with a similar covering of sheet galvanized iron;incasing the sides of the stringers or sills and the cross pieces of thebed with sheet iron;

. and interposing between the trucks and the by similar sheet galvanizediron 9; as is also the lower sheathing 10 under the car bed protected bythe iron sheet 11. Heavy reinforcing plates 12 are secured to the underside of the outer iron sheet 11, directly over the trucks 13 (see Fig.2). It will therefore be seen that my car is protected from beingsmashed to pieces in an accident, by an inside and an outside casing ofiron and that this casing also reduces the risk from fire.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

A car comprising a frame work having exterior covering and being mountedon trucks and having end platforms, and thick metal reinforcing platesextending under the car platforms and secured to and covering the bottomof the car.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

M. F. MONEIL, CALEB BENNETT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

